>>11137630You’re never going to get a straight answer to this sort of question, as people value different things at different scales.
I’ll go through a couple of recent favorites:
-Revoltech Harley Quinn has great articulation, sculpt, and accessories and is probably the best female sculpt of the Revoltech Amazing Yamaguchi line.
-Real Grade Nu Gundam is arguably the pinnacle of 1/144 construction. As a longtime follower of the RG line it’s had its ups and downs, but articulation, included accessories, and overall build are really excellent and probably my favorite RG. That said, I’ve picked up a number of more recent RGs/anniversary kits, and I don’t own the entire RG line.
-Astrobots Apollo is just a great sculpt with strong articulation. Some people have issues with Astrobots, so ymmv on this one.
-Several of figma’s best works have really good sculpt, articulation, and paint. My personal favorite is Metroid Prime 3 Samus Aran, which is a huge step up from the Other M mold and an extremely solid figure in general.
-The Synthetic Humans (1000Toys, or at least, closely related) are fabulous sculpts with great articulation, if you can get your hands on them. Maybe a bit light on accessories, but they do have articulated eyes.
-The recent Namek Saga Super Saiyan Goku is really just a perfect representation of the character and Toriyama’s art style at the time. Articulation makes some specific choices that accentuate the musculature and sculpt. Figuarts is often formulaic in their approach to things so this one feels special, but that might just be recency bias/sentimentality.
-I think it’s too difficult to claim one particular entry in the Transformers franchise as perfect, because there’s a lot of nostalgia and loyalty towards specific iterations, characters, etc. But I think you’d be hard pressed to find a lot of complaints about RiD Megatron (10 silly modes) or maybe Commander Armada Prime. Happy to be proven wrong, though.
